modify | Definition of modify

Synonyms and Antonyms of modify

1 to limit the meaning of (as a noun)

adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs

Synonyms of modify

Words Related to modify

alter, color, distort, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp

Near Antonyms of modify

broaden, expand, widen

2 to make different in some way

he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly

Synonyms of modify

alter, change, make over, recast, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

Words Related to modify

deform, metamorphose, mutate

regenerate, revolutionize, transfigure, transform, transmute

commute, convert, exchange

rejigger, retool

Antonyms of modify

fix, freeze, set, stabilize